Examples of westbound in a Sentence
Traffic in the westbound lane is backing up.
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There, officers found Jones' body on a northern sidewalk of the westbound Silver Spring ramp that intersects with North 76th Street.
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The right lane is closed from US-69/Exit 225 to West 87th Street/Exit 225 on westbound I-35.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
An initial investigation determined that a man driving a 2011 Ford pickup truck turned left onto the westbound lanes of Branham from Capay Drive, into the path of a man riding a 2011 Suzuki motorcycle eastbound on Branham, who then hit the truck.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
All five vehicles — including a charter bus carrying school children, two commercial vehicles and two passenger vehicles — were traveling westbound on I-70 at the time of the chain-reaction crash.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The right lane is closed from US-69/Exit 225 to West 87th Street/Exit 225 on westbound I-35.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
An initial investigation determined that a man driving a 2011 Ford pickup truck turned left onto the westbound lanes of Branham from Capay Drive, into the path of a man riding a 2011 Suzuki motorcycle eastbound on Branham, who then hit the truck.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
All five vehicles — including a charter bus carrying school children, two commercial vehicles and two passenger vehicles — were traveling westbound on I-70 at the time of the chain-reaction crash.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Westbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/westbound. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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westbound
adjective
west·bound
ˈwes(t)-ˌbau̇nd 
: going west
a westbound train
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